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Summer Solstice, Avebury 1999

by: The Dongas Tribe (and friends)

Dave Prentice (Nusphere)

Publication date: 2005-06-24 00:00:00

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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Field recordings from summer solstice celebrations atop Silbury Hill and in Avebury Henge, 1999.

Notes

1-5 recorded on Silbury Hill, summer solstice sunrise, 1999

6-10 recorded the same (or possibly the next) evening, Avebury Henge

Howie - harmonica

Stef - mandolin, biniou

Alex - pennywhistle, drum, voice

Matthew - saz

Inge - mandolin

Joel - hurdy-gurdy (and bombarde?)

Andy Bard - bagpipes, shawm

plus an unknown guitarist, numerous percussionists and background voices